†Pontophoca sarmatica Alekseev 1924 (seal)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combination: Phoca sarmatica
Full reference: A. K. Alekseev. 1924. Seals in the Sarmatian deposits of Southern U.S.S.R. Zhurnal nauchno-issledovatelʹskikh kafedr v Odesse 1:201-205
Belongs to Pontophoca according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003
See also Alekseev 1925, Berta et al. 2022, Berta et al. 2015, Grigorescu 1977, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky et al. 2014 and McLaren 1960
Sister taxa: Pontophoca jutlandica, Pontophoca simionescui
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Moldova (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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